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Szabohawk; a quick look.
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Comparison photos with a Cold Steel Trail Hawk.
I am not very good at being a collector. Because I feel I have to under stand and be able to use very item in my collection,
even if that involves take out and knocking it around a bit.
As a young bloke; I worked with the Forestry Department and most days involved using axes. Axe using technique, is all about getting the most impact while using the least effort.
The Trail Hawk weight: 23.6 oz, the Szabohawk: 24.0 oz,
The Szabohawk is chucky little beast. But like any well designed tool, then you hold in the correct grip the weight disappears.
I had a used cardboard box lying around; so on to the ground it went, upside down. Took the Szabohawk in hand and aiming at the double layer on the bottom. With a simple flick of the wrist, it penetrated deeply through both layers. At first I wasnt overly impressed.
Tried the same thing with Trail Hawk; taking a short grip, a flick of the wrist. The cardboard flexed and gave the point where the hawk glanced to the side and actually bounced off with out cutting.
I had just sharpened the Trail Hawk.
Tried it a few more times and found that Trail Hawk would penetrate the layers of cardboard ok. It just took a bit more of a determined swing and not just wrist flick.
Now the Szabohawk was beginning to impress me.
I am not very good at being a collector. Because I feel I have to under stand and be able to use very item in my collection,
even if that involves take out and knocking it around a bit.As a young bloke; I worked with the Forestry Department and most days involved using axes. Axe using technique, is all about getting the most impact while using the least effort.
The Trail Hawk weight: 23.6 oz, the Szabohawk: 24.0 oz,
The Szabohawk is chucky little beast. But like any well designed tool, then you hold in the correct grip the weight disappears.
I had a used cardboard box lying around; so on to the ground it went, upside down. Took the Szabohawk in hand and aiming at the double layer on the bottom. With a simple flick of the wrist, it penetrated deeply through both layers. At first I wasnt overly impressed.
Tried the same thing with Trail Hawk; taking a short grip, a flick of the wrist. The cardboard flexed and gave the point where the hawk glanced to the side and actually bounced off with out cutting.
I had just sharpened the Trail Hawk. Tried it a few more times and found that Trail Hawk would penetrate the layers of cardboard ok. It just took a bit more of a determined swing and not just wrist flick.
Now
the Szabohawk was beginning to impress me.
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Do I want one? Absolutely! Do have even a single use for it? Not at all!
Pretty cool that Spyderco made it, though.
I really have no use for this as well and yet I want one just as badly as you do. We are afflicted my friend.
p.s. Wait, just in case of the zombie apocalypse!
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So tempted to make a kydex floor mount for this in the jeep. The wife eyeroll will be epic.